From c7d3ca725248cf5faf9c3f2b8c92816b892e02e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Lebens <alexanderlebens@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 16:06:31 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: remove hardcoded descriptions

---
 src/pages/about.astro | 6 ++----
 src/pages/index.astro | 9 +++------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pages/about.astro b/src/pages/about.astro
index 34feca7..24d356c 100644
--- a/src/pages/about.astro
+++ b/src/pages/about.astro
@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@ import Education from '@components/ui/sections/Education.astro';
 import portraitImg from '@images/portrait.avif';
 
 const global = await directus.request(readSingleton('site_global'));
-
-const description = 'About me.';
 ---
 
 <BaseLayout
   title="About Me"
-  description={description}
+  description="About me."
   structuredData={{
     '@context': 'https://schema.org',
     '@type': 'WebPage',
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ const description = 'About me.';
     '@id': Astro.url.href,
     url: Astro.url.href,
     name: `About | ${global.name}`,
-    description: description,
+    description: 'About me.',
     isPartOf: {
       '@type': 'WebSite',
       url: global.site_url,
diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro
index aeb4a00..78d50b3 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -10,14 +10,11 @@ import HeroSectionAlt from '@components/ui/sections/HeroSectionAlt.astro';
 import homeImg from '@images/autumn_mountain.png';
 
 const global = await directus.request(readSingleton('site_global'));
-
-const description =
-  'Engineering the cloud by day, homelab by night, and exploring Minnesota in between.';
 ---
 
 <BaseLayout
   title="Home"
-  description={description}
+  description={global.about_description}
   structuredData={{
     '@context': 'https://schema.org',
     '@type': 'WebPage',
@@ -25,7 +22,7 @@ const description =
     '@id': Astro.url.href,
     url: Astro.url.href,
     name: `Home | ${global.name}`,
-    description: description,
+    description: global.about_description,
     isPartOf: {
       '@type': 'WebSite',
       url: global.site_url,
@@ -36,7 +33,7 @@ const description =
 >
   <HeroSection
     title={`Hello, I'm <span class="text-steel dark:text-steel">Alex Lebens</span>`}
-    subTitle={description}
+    subTitle={global.about_description}
     primaryBtn="About Me"
     primaryBtnURL="/about"
     src={homeImg}